Trick to prevent URL / link preview from showing in chat.

[Illasera]

After trying some tests, I figured out you can mess with the parser and prevent it from displaying a preview of images / videos by adding the XML directional triangles at the start / end of the link as such, Examples :

< link here will have no preview in the chat >

< https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/1762481957308171177/ >

P.S : For the moderators, Do not treat it as a bug, some people want to use steam to chat and not be bombed like in social medias with tons of previews, Give us the option to maintain this.


EDIT :


The newest way is a forward slash and whitespace (Its faster to type that way)

/ LINK URL

/ example.com

[3ICE]

Thank you very much. I needed this.
The embedded picture quality was terrible, blurry. Whereas actually clicking the link opens a beautiful 1MB png file and looks perfect. So I googled how to post a link in steam chat without auto-preview and here we are.

[Illasera]

The newest way is a forward slash and whitespace (Its faster to type that way)

/ LINK URL

/ example.com

There is an option on steam to disable previews , But actually, SOME things you do want others to preview while others you don't.

If the guys at Valve had half a brain, They could have detected in chat when you are pasting / writing a link and allow you click it and mark it "For preview" BEFORE you SEND IT.

But that's too much for our friends in california, It requires a few brain cells.

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HOW TO DO PREVIEWS CORRECTLY, VALVE

Procedure should be as such (This stage takes place BEFORE you send the message) :
A.)Paste a link URL in your chat input field.

B.)Link should get underlined by the chat.

C.)Putting your cursor on the underlined link will allow you to left mouse button click it.

D.)Clicking the link will toggle an option to enable / disable link's preview before SENDING IT.
* A preview icon should be appended when preview is toggled on / off